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I wanted to report back now that I've just finished by third shave. I went with Larry's suggestion to use both oxide sides of his balsa refreshing strop, then did a good 60 laps on the leather strop;...

Oops, sorry—I'd posted the picture in a different thread. Here it is:

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I'm not sure; I'll have to measure. Not sure if you can tell just from the picture at the start of this thread.

BTW, to have something to compare the Whipped Dog razor to, I just placed an order...

I do feel like the angle must be a lot to do with it, as this morning I erred on the side of shallow (spine almost or literally touching the skin), and I felt a bit less tugging. On the other hand,...

Thanks again for everyone's responses. I just heard back from Larry, and indeed he's being very helpful. Of course it's possible that the razor isn't honed properly, but he's saying it's far more...

Agreed; I certainly am not making any assumptions. I was just surprised as I didn't expect that much tugging, roughness, chatter, etc. The good news is that I didn't cut or irritate myself, and using...

Interesting. If anything I felt like I was erring on the side of a too-shallow angle (spine pretty close to my face), but obviously it was just my first go so I don't really know for sure. But I did...

Okay folks, this morning I had my first go at using a straight razor (this is after using DEs since later last year). I got a "sight unseen" razor from Larry at Whipped Dog, which is meant to be...